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Three writers have collectively sued the AI company Anthropic, accusing it of using pirated books to train its AI models without authorization. The lawsuit states that millions of e-books were illegally used, including copyrighted works, which harm authors' rights and impact the publishing industry. The court has ruled to handle the case separately. Similar lawsuits are increasing, such as those initiated by companies like Reddit and Universal Music. The case highlights the conflict between AI development and copyright protection, and the industry is expected to face stricter regulations in the future. Balancing technological innovation with intellectual property protection has become a key issue.

CA courts ruled AI training as 'fair use' in 2 cases within 48 hrs, but with differing legal reasoning. Anthropic case likened AI to human learning, while Meta emphasized differences. Both acknowledged data's creative value but simplified market harm analysis. Narrow rulings may evolve with new evidence, highlighting copyright law's AI adaptation challenges.....

Disney is taking strong legal actions against unauthorized AI use of its copyrighted characters. Chief Legal Officer Horacio Gutierrez revealed that the recent lawsuit against the image generator Midjourney is just the beginning of this intellectual property defense campaign. This move marks Disney's determination to protect its valuable IPs in the field of generative AI. Disney's first lawsuit against Midjourney originated from the company ignoring multiple requests to delete content featuring characters such as Darth Vader. Despite Midjourney being much smaller than OpenAI

Recently, Reddit filed a lawsuit with the San Francisco Superior Court against the AI startup company Anthropic, accusing it of making over 100,000 unlawful accesses to its platform since July 2024 despite being explicitly prohibited. This action has attracted significant attention. Reddit accused Anthropic of not only violating its platform rules but also acting immorally and illegally while pretending to uphold ethics and law in public. In the lawsuit, Reddit described Anthropic...

Recently, OpenAI announced the establishment of a legal entity in South Korea, marking it as the company's largest paid user market outside the United States. Jason Kwon, Chief Strategy Officer of OpenAI, disclosed at a press conference held in Seoul on May 26th that OpenAI will open an office in Seoul in the coming months and is currently recruiting employees to support collaboration with companies and policymakers. This signifies that OpenAI's relationship with one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world will deepen further. Image source note: image

The UAE recently announced it will be the first to utilize AI in drafting laws, aiming for significantly faster legislation. This initiative is expected to reduce the time it takes to draft legal documents by up to 70%. The UAE government hopes to leverage AI's analytical capabilities to quickly generate laws relevant to modern society. Image Note: Image generated by AI, licensed from Midjourney. The UAE government states that this technology will not only speed up the legislative process but also help improve the quality of laws.

The legal battle between OpenAI and its co-founder, billionaire Elon Musk, continues to escalate. OpenAI has filed a countersuit, seeking a court order to prevent further illegal and unfair actions by Musk and demanding compensation for damages incurred. In the countersuit, OpenAI's lawyers stated: "OpenAI is a resilient company, but Musk's actions have caused us harm. If his attacks continue, OpenAI's mission and the public interest will be further threatened."

The use of ChatGPT to generate Ghibli-style art has ignited a controversy, potentially leading to legal action against OpenAI for copyright infringement.

The US Department of Labor is investigating Scale AI, a prominent data labeling company, over allegations concerning employee rights and compensation. The investigation follows reports of disputes between the company and its employees regarding fair wages and working conditions.

A federal judge in the Southern District of Indiana, Mark D. Dinsmore, recently recommended a $15,000 fine for a lawyer who cited nonexistent court cases in legal filings. The incident has sparked widespread concern over the use of artificial intelligence in the legal field. The lawyer, Rafael Ramirez from Rio Hondo, Texas, used AI to generate the false case citations. The incident occurred in October 2024. (Image generated by AI, licensed through Midjourney).

Recently, Tencent's electronic signature public account announced the launch of a new AI contract drafting feature. This feature is strongly supported by two AI models, Hunyuan and DeepSeek, and aims to help users generate contracts with a single click, greatly facilitating the contract needs in daily life. For example, Xiaowang, who has just entered the workforce, and his friends decided to rent a house together, but they have little understanding of the contract terms. To protect his rights, Xiaowang thought of using the power of AI to generate a co-rental contract. He only needs to input to the AI, 'Please help me write a contract.'

In the U.S. legal community, copyright disputes related to artificial intelligence (AI) are escalating, and Thomson Reuters has recently won a preliminary victory in this copyright battle. The company sued the now-defunct legal research firm Ross Intelligence in 2020, accusing it of using materials from Thomson Reuters' legal platform Westlaw to train its AI model without authorization. According to the 3rd U.S. Circuit...